60NYT > U.S. Border Patroltopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/b/border_patrol_us/index.html?inline=nyt-orgNews about U.S. Border Patrol, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usSun 02 Aug 2015 16:54:22 -0400http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comWashington: Ruling Against Border Patrol Backuphttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/us/washington-ruling-against-border-patrol-backup.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe practice of Forest Service officers’ requesting language interpretation and security backup from Border Patrol agents during stops of Spanish-speaking people is discriminatory, according to a ruling made public this week.By WILLIAM YARDLEYWed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/us/washington-ruling-against-border-patrol-backup.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssIn Far Northwest, a New Border Focus on Latinoshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/us/hard-by-canada-border-fears-of-crackdown-on-latino-immigration.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/us/hard-by-canada-border-fears-of-crackdown-on-latino-immigration.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/05/29/us/jp-BORDER-1/jp-BORDER-1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Many people say the Olympic Peninsula has become an unlikely new frontier in the effort to fight illegal immigration from Latin America.By WILLIAM YARDLEYMon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/us/hard-by-canada-border-fears-of-crackdown-on-latino-immigration.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssFor Many Illegal Entrants Into U.S., a Particularly Inhospitable First Stophttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/for-many-illegal-entrants-into-us-a-particularly-inhospitable-first-stop.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/for-many-illegal-entrants-into-us-a-particularly-inhospitable-first-stop.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/05/27/us/STASH/STASH-thumbStandard-v2.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Smugglers in Texas are increasingly packing dozens of people into small stash houses and treating them like prisoners whom they starve, beat or rape.By MANNY FERNANDEZ; Michelle O'Donnell contributed reporting from HoustonSat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/for-many-illegal-entrants-into-us-a-particularly-inhospitable-first-stop.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssGrassley Seeks Ouster Of Justice Officialhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E4DF1538F93BA35751C1A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSenator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Wednesday for the resignation of the head of the Justice Department's criminal division, Lanny A. Breuer, in the latest flare-up connected to the...By CHARLIE SAVAGEThu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E4DF1538F93BA35751C1A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssHouse Panel Members Joust Over Border Gun Programhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7DA1630F932A35754C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats on the House oversight committee this week intensified their efforts to shape the narrative surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the border-security strategy that allowed guns to be shipped illegally into...By SEAN COLLINS WALSHFri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7DA1630F932A35754C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSmugglers Guide Illegal Immigrants With Cues via Cellphonehttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E7D7133AF93AA35756C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssNOGALES, Ariz. -- A group of migrants was hustling north through the southern Arizona desert the other night when one of their cellphones vibrated with a text message. ''Watch out,'' it warned. ''Things are hot up ahead. Take cover in the bushes.'' ...By MARC LACEYMon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E7D7133AF93AA35756C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssBorder Tribe Feels Stuck in Middle of Drug Warhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E6DB1539F936A15752C0A9669D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAn eerie hush settles in at sundown on the Tohono O'odham Nation, which straddles 75 miles of border with Mexico. Few residents leave their homes. The roads crawl with the trucks of Border Patrol agents, who stop unfamiliar vehicles, scrutinize...By ERIK ECKHOLMMon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E6DB1539F936A15752C0A9669D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssNational Briefs/data/daily/2008/11/13/788805.sgml?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSOUTHWEST TEXAS: EX-AGENT FOR BORDER PATROL IS RESENTENCEDBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500/data/daily/2008/11/13/788805.sgml?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA Natural Treasure That May End Up Without a Countryhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/us/07land.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/us/07land.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2008/04/07/us/07land.751.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The Sabal Palm Audubon Center in Brownsville, Tex., home to rare birds and other wildlife, may end up on the Mexico side of a planned border fence.By DAN BARRYMon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/us/07land.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssBorder Patrol Agent’s Trial in Killing of Illegal Immigrant Starts in Arizonahttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28agent.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28agent.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2008/02/28/us/28agent.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Whether the agent’s action was murder or self-defense is being resolved at a trial that began this week in the heated atmosphere over illegal immigration.By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLDThu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28agent.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss